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( The National Bowlers' Journal team of New York which tonight opens a series with the Hermanns of St. Louis for the national match game title. Left to Right: MARTY CASSIO, JOE FALCARO, CHESTER ARNHORST, JAMES McMAHON AND WILLIAM (WHITEY) MUNN. The Hermanns are defending match game champions.)
Hermanns Risk U.S. Bowling Title in Facing New Yorkers -
Entire 18-Game Match With Joe Falcaro's Squad to be Rolled at Del-Mar Allys Here.
The hermanns, one of St. Louis' few national champions, will put their United States match-game bowling title on the line tonight, when the first block of an 18-games, total pins to count match is rolled at the Del-Mar recreation, 5025 Delmar Boulevard. Opposing the Hermanns will be the Bowlers Journal Quintet of New York, captained by Joe Falcaro, one of the countrys outstanding pinntopplers.
It will be the second time since the defended the Heils of Milwaukee that the Hermanns will be called upon to defend their championship. In their last defence, they won from the Linsz Recreation of Cleveland in a home and home match, 18,178 to 17,995, a difference of 183 pins.
In order to get a shot at the title, the easterners won an elimination tournament at Buffalo, rolling 9012 to beat the Kendalls of Erie, Pa., by 122 pins. In that watch C. Arnhorst, who'll be in there pitching again in the series with the Hermanns, was the individual star for a total of 1899 for the nine games. Falcaro hit for 1786, Marty Cassio 1799 and Whitey Munn, who has been in action here several times, 1763. Munnis one of the 10-year leaders in the A.B.C. with an average of 200.47. Falcaro has a mark of 198.11 for eight and Cassio 202.45 for seven.
So the Hermanns will have no snap despite the fact that the entire match will be bowled here instead of on a home-and-home basis as has previously been the case. The Hremanns will rely on the same bowlers who defeted the Linsz quintet. In that match Sam Garofalo totaled 3880 for the 18 games; Cone Hremann, 3756; Lovell Jackson, 3621; Charles O'Donell, 3444; Joe Pallardy, 1783, for his nine games, and Bud Rice 1684.
For the first time in histoy of the team competition under the auspices of the Bowling Proprietors of America, the match will be decided on newly surfaced allys - Nos. 13 and 14 at the Del-Mar Recreation. It was on this pair that the hermann five a few years back rolled its record total of better than 3700. The New Yorkers figured that the Hermanns " knew too much" about the drives, so insisted on a resufacing job and after a long argument between the captains and officials of the national body, this was done.
Following tonight's block, which starts at 8 o'clock, the teams meet in another three games tomorrow night, while there will be afternoon and evening blocks Saturday and Sunday. The admission prices are $1.10 for reserved seats and 55 cents for general admission.
